Telepathy, Genuine and FraudulentBaggally, W. W. (William Wortley)
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Telepathy, Genuine and Fraudulent
Baggally, W. W. (William Wortley)
Parapsychology -- Investigation; Telepathy
There appears to be evidence that telepathy can also occur between the
mind of a human being and that of an animal. The reader will doubtless
recollect Mr. H. Rider Haggard's case which appeared in the public
press. This gentleman, on the night of Saturday, 9th July 1904, dreamed
that a favourite dog of his eldest daughter was lying on its side among
brushwood by water, and that it was trying to transmit in an undefined
fashion the knowledge that it was dying. Next day the dog was missing.
The body of the dog was subsequently found floating in the water near a
bridge. An examination of the attendant circumstances pointed to the
dog having met its death on the night of Mr. Rider Haggard's dream. As a
result of this gentleman having made public this experience, he received
from numerous correspondents accounts of telepathy between the minds of
the writers of the letters and the minds of animals. These accounts were
sent by Mr. Rider Haggard to the Secretary of the S.P.R., who handed
them to me for investigation.
A very good case was that communicated by Lady C. The following is the
account of her experience:--
"On one hot Sunday afternoon in the summer of 1900 I went,
after luncheon, to pay my customary visit to the stables to
give sugar and carrots to the horses, among the number being
a favourite mare named Kitty. She was a shy, nervous,
well-bred animal, and there existed between us a great and
unusual sympathy. I used to ride her every morning before
breakfast (whatever the weather might be)--quiet, solitary
rides on the cliffs which overhung the sea at Castle F., and
it always seemed to me that Kitty enjoyed that hour in the
freshness of the day as much as I did. On this particular
afternoon I left the stables, and walked along to the
garden, a distance of a quarter of a mile, and established
myself under a tree with an interesting book, fully
intending to remain there for a couple of hours. After about
twenty minutes an uncomfortable sensation came between me
and my reading, and at once I felt sure that there was
something the matter with Kitty. I tried to put the feeling
from me, and to go on with my book, but the impression grew
stronger, and I felt compelled to hasten back to the
stables. I went straight to Kitty's box and found her
'cast,' and in urgent need of help. The stablemen were in a
distant part of the stables, whence I fetched them to have
the mare up. Their surprise was great to find me in the
stables for the second time that afternoon."
I wrote to Lady C., and received the following reply:--
"_27th December 1904_
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